 | Knollys, A.C.; Lyell, D.D. 1932 Rhinoceros: pp. 113-115
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| When on the move, the precedence of a family party reverses the order accepted by the White Rhino. With the Black variety the bull leads, the cow follows, and the calf brings up the rear. |
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| Powell Cotton, P.H.G. 1932 Black rhinoceros hunting: pp. 115-119
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| As with Elephants, the older males often seek solitude or the company of one other male, for the greater part of the year, although at times a family party may be encountered with the calf leading the way, guided by the tip of its mother's horn, and the bull bringing up the rear. A Black Rhino f... |
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| Powell Cotton, P.H.G. 1932 Black rhinoceros hunting: pp. 115-119
| In: Maydon, H.C. Big game shooting in Africa. London, Seeley, Service and Co (The Lonsdale Library, vol. 14): pp. 1-445 |
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| As with Elephants, the older males often seek solitude or the company of one other male, for the greater part of the year, although at times a family party may be encountered with the calf leading the way, guided by the tip of its mother's horn, and the bull bringing up the rear. |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1931 The Schwe-u-Daung Game Sanctuary, upper Burma, with a note on the Asiatic two-horned rhinoceros (R sumatrensis). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 35 (2): 446-448, figs. 1-2 |
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| sumatrensis wander generally in pairs, and a former experience was duplicated in that the mate returned to the body of the one killed a few minutes after the shooting, and had to be driven off by a shot fired over the head. |
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| Schneider, K.M. 1930 Bemerkungen uber die von Christoph Schulz 1929 eingefuhrten ostafrikanischen Tiere. Zoologische Garten 3: 19-28, figs. 1-16 |
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| 1 yr old female
I heard from this young animal only a whistling reducing in strength, which it uttered with mouth closed, probably a sign that it was uncomfortable. When it heard a noise, it would lift the head to listen carefully. It used the upper lip very nicely to take twigs to the mouth. ... |
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| Schouteden, H. 1927 Les rhinoceros congolais. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Bulletin du Cercle Zoologique Congolais) 4 (1): 19-30, figs. 1-3 |
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| In general, the white rhino is more sociable than the black. One finds small groups which together go to take bath, eat, or lie in a shady place during the hot part of the day. |
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| Haywood, C.W. 1927 To the mysterious Lorian swamp: an adventure & arduous journey of exploration through the vast waterless tracts of unknown Jubaland. London, Seeley, Service and Co, pp. 1-275 |
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| The bullet hit with a resounding thwack. The rhino gave a tremendous snort, rushed forward about ten yards |
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| Faunthorpe, J.C. 1924 Jungle life in India, Burma, and Nepal: some notes on the Faunthorpe-Vernay Expedition of 1923. Natural History 24 (2): 174-198, figs. 1-20, map 1 |
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| She had a half-grown calf with her, which was wandering about making most extraordinary noises, resembling the squawking of some large bird. |
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| Kreemer, J. 1922 Atjeh: algemeen samenvattend overzicht van land en volk van Atjeh en onderhoorigheden. Leiden, E.J. Brill, vol. 1 (1922), pp. i-xvi, 1-602; vol. 2 (1923), pp. i-xii, 1-705 |
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| The animals are solitary or sometimes in pairs in the deep forest. |
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| DeVere Stackpole, H. 1922 (The heart of) 'Brutus' (a Black rhino calf). Pearson's Magazine 48 (11) Nov: 21-23 |
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